Keighley Cougars are on the lookout for rugby league players for a new under 16s team.

The team has been entered into a league which will start in October. There will be teams from West Yorkshire and Lancashire taking part.

The Cougars team will be coached by ex-Academy player Phil Lane.

Cougar Cubs chairman John McGuire says: "We have a coach but now we need some players. If anyone wants to play, I would like to hear from them."

He added that matches will probably be played on a Sunday.

Anyone interested in playing should contact John on 0498 842957.

Andrew Race - older brother of former Keighley Cougars and Bradford Northern player Wayne - has died weeks after a holiday stunt went tragically wrong.

Race, 33, from Baildon, suffered spinal injuries after diving into a waterfall while on holiday in Turkey.

His girlfriend Dionne Chappell witnessed the incident and said that several other tourists had completed the cliff-dive without mishap.

A building site worker, Race underwent a six-hour operation in a Marmaris hospital and was flown home a week after the accident on August 21.

He died in Leeds General Infirmary in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

There's still room at the top for budding Superleaguers.

Wakefield Trinity and either Hull KR or Featherstone Rovers could book their place by winning the First Division playoffs final.

But the winner must also meet criteria laid down by the League.

The fast-tracking of Gates-head brings the number of Superleague teams up to 13 - with the door still open for the 14th.

Trinity saw off Hull KR by 19-6 and now await the winners of this Sunday's final eliminator between Featherstone and Hull KR.

Featherstone earned the trip to Humberside with a 20-10 win at Dewsbury Rams.

Huddersfield's McAlpine stadium stages the grand final on Saturday week. This game is a 6pm evening kick-off.

Former Cougars forward Gareth Cochrane is joining Conference premier league outfit Beverley in the off-season.

BARLA chief executive Maurice Oldroyd - sacked in July -is to stay with the organisation.

He was suspended this June as the association investigated 12 disciplinary complaints against him and dismissed for 'undermining the position of elected officers.'

Oldroyd - a founder of the association - has agreed to relinquish his position as chief executive.

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